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Tenzin Tsundue in Post Bellum studio, Prague 2022

Tenzin Tsundue བསྟན་འཛིན་ཚུང་དུས

* 1973

Political prisoner from China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Emigrant, A cultural celebrity

Protests against Chinese occupation of Tibet in 2008, XXIX. Summer Olympic Games in Beijing 2008

Eva Turner

* 1948

Emigrant, Relatives of important personalities, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Tyl, 1980s

Jan Tyl

* 1956

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Emigrant, Repatriated

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Josef Uchytil

Josef Uchytil

* 1934

Emigrant, Moravian Croats, National minorities

Witness during the studies at high school

Prof. Ing., CSc. Jaromír Ulbrecht

* 1928

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Petr Uruba

Colonel (ret.) Petr Uruba

* 1916 †︎ 2009

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain

Karel Vachek during the interview with Post Bellum

Karel Vachek

* 1940 †︎ 2020

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Dana (Danielle) Vago

* 1945

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Pavel Vais

Pavel Vais

* 1921 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, Holocaust, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Růžena Valčíková, around thirty years old

Růžena Valčíková

* 1933

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

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